One of the Best Train Rides in the World
The centerpiece to this trip is a panoramic train ride from a Swiss town called Chur to the ultra-glamorous Zermatt. The train is called the Glacier Express and it sells…
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Sri Lanka’s Tea Train
We arrived Sri Lanka around 6pm, navigated customs and immigration, and the duty free gauntlet where they sell the usual stuff plus, strangely, appliances including refrigerators. Then the scrum for…
Seeing the Sights
Melbourne has the world’s largest tram system with nearly 500 trams that carry about 500,000 people a day. It’s really handy and completely automated aside from the driver. Tram stops…
Return to Frankfurt
After everyone else left our place in Ste-Gilles, we packed up and caught our train back to Frankfurt. I think we were generally sad that our trip was coming to…
Train to Paris
After the nachtmare at the Frankfurt Airport rail terminal, we finally got out and away from the mess. Luckily our train was on time and we made it with just…
Dumping the Terminal
So we’re connecting from our Singapore flight to an ICE train for Paris. The Frankfurt intercity rail station is lovely! As we were finding our track the alarms sounded to…
Mt. Fuji Again!
It just doesn’t get any more Japanese than being on a bullet train while you zoom past Mt. Fuji. We got to do that today, and got an amazing closeup!…
Journey Home
Our journey home has begun! We’re at Kyoto Station waiting for our 10:33 Shinkansen to Tokyo.
Kyoto Station
From the Hozu River gorge we headed to the other side of Kyoto, but made a stop at Kyoto Station to change trains. We decided to explore for lunch because…
Tokyo Rush Hour
We were up and out early this morning as we have a day trip to Nikko to see autumn colors planned. This meant taking the Metro at rush hour in…